Improvement in molds for making rubber pencil tie s



:puncher withdrawn. Figure 2 isatransverse vertical section of the same, )taken in-line a: of g.' 1, illustrating one ofitlle -punchers withdrawn,- and the'rubber penciltip on the "pluncher, with the rubber tip removed.l

am Patent No. 102,894, daad my '10, 1810.

'IMPROVEMENT' Iny MLDs IPRMAKINGSRUBBER PENcIn '.rns,

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Beit known that AI, WILLIAM WE1cKER,of Blackstone, inthe county of 'Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Mold foi Making Rubber Penc-ilfli'ps;- and I 4dohereby de`l i clare the'fbllowing tov bennaJ full, clear, and exact de scription of the same, reference being l1 ad;to`tl ie accompanying drawingsniuwhichl planjvievv of my improved pencil-tip-'- Figure 1' is .a mold, 'showing vone 'of the sockets thereof with the central stem fof said puncher. `,Figure ,3' is a-perspective viewof my improved jIu each of .the'lgures the same letters of reference denotelike parts. "lhenature of my invention consists .in making the jmbld in one section ordie-box, providedWith'the-re# quired shaped sockets or molds,v to contain the-rubber 4from which the pencil-tip is"fashioned,by means of inserting withn said socketscontan'in g the requisite quantitynof rubber, punchrs having Y. four or more grooves or channels at intervals along their outer sides, to carry otf the surplus rubber from the sockets in which the penciltipsare forme l The mold-plate A'is formed in but one section, and vprovided with a givgen number of, sockets 'or annular' fmolds, --O, the loQwer cavities of' whichextend beyond the endof theV punchers, and maybe hexagonal., as [shown in iig.v1 ot' thedrawings, 4or otherwise shaped.-

V ThepnnchersB correspond in size to theanuular sockets O, 'and .are provided 'on their; outer sides with longitudinal grooves `or channels'a, andl 'a central inner stem, b, `Within the annularsock'et'i, as shown clearly "in Iig.3 of the drawings.

` Apertures-c inj the ends ofthe punchers. serve .'for a 'rod to be passed through them, and thus a series of the punchers maybcwithdiawn at the Sametime.

To ncbviate'the difficulty of theup'lates'or vmolds sticking'ftogether by reason -of the surplus rubber getting between them, which isthe lcasevhe're the mold is made in morel than one `sectiomlaud-tn' do away with: the necessityof removing thefj-bottom plate of said'sectious, I -fornrthe sccketsfor'finldsfof any required s ize .or form in` one plate,and4 provide the mlnchers with fourv or :more grooves lor' channels,

.throughfwhich the surplu'sfrubber oo'zes up,and is'de. posited upon llenpperice or topplate'nA, ready! fon.

removal. A A

-To insure a sufficient quantity ofrubber fromwhich to make the required pencil-tip', lprefergto'pl'ace a" part of the'vrnbber inthe socket Qr'mold Can'djafpart in the annular recess onthe. end of tlepuncher 113 thus seldom, if ever, .making a defectiveltipby reason of Aan insuicient quantity of rubber.

The sockets Gand annular Teces'st', in the ends of the puuchers B, having been supplied with thelrequif site amount of rubber, the punchersA are then' 'inserted within said socketsgand aboard' vis placed over the eudso'f the puuch'ers, and vscrewed down as-'a pressv until the'punchers are brought to the position within ioned, and, on removing said board and` withdrawing the punchers, the rubber tips'remain on .the vends-nf the punchers untlremoved therefrom.

I claim as myjnvention'- l A 1` 'A mold-plate -for making rubber. pencil-tips, formed ih but'one section, 'substantially in the manfl nery and for the p'urpose herein set forth.. 7 .2.v The grooves or channels a on the `punchers B, substantially as and for the .purpose h ereinbefore specilied. 3.`The combination of a mold-plate A,molds G,- punchers B., channels a, central stem b, and annular' recess i, when constructed and arranged substantially as and for thepurposc herein.set forth. f l

' y WILLIAM WEICKER. Witnesses:v l i ARTHUR A.' PUTNAM,

DAvro' HEINEMANN. 

